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"The book is 24 chapters straight-through; but it seems to me
that, like Gaul, the whole thing falls into three parts. In the
first, the basics of TCP/IP networking are dealt with, taking us
from an introduction to the protocols through to configuring
networking hardware and getting the network acutally up and
running. In the second, we turn to basic low-level features of our
working network. In the third, we consider network services, what
the network actually exists to do from day to day. I like this
structure, though I suppose it's an obvious one. We follow a path
from a newbie install through to a working network providing
services. Because of the length of the book, I haven't done a
blow-by-blow account of each chapter. Instead, here's the TOC,
split up as I think it should be, and with remarks on points that
particularly held my notice."

"Earlier in this series, and before "NAG II" was available, I
reviewed TCP/IP Network Administration by Craig Hunt, another
O'Reilly offering. Hunt assumes a lot; NAG goes through everything
step by step. NAG is great on actually getting TCP/IP up and
running on your machine -- perhaps this is overkill when today's
distributions do so much for you, but it is nice to have
nevertheless. The first eight chapters of NAG, pp.1-124, are all
about this. Hunt, on the other hand, has a tendency to say, or
rather imply, RTFM! Hunt is easier to read straight through. NAG is
more a work of reference. ... NAG is very up-to-date: BIND 8,
nsswitch.conf, all three varieties of Linux firewall admin., for
example. Hunt, dating from 1996 for the second edition, is already
sadly out-of-date in these areas. ... In conclusion, the 2nd
edition of Linux Network Administrator's Guide is indeed so much
improved on the first edition that it now makes a well-nigh
indispensable companion to Hunt. In fact, the relationship is now
reversed; if there is *one* must-get book, it's now NAG rather than
Hunt. But I still recommend both."

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